Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... compared with the volume determines its density , and by means of the latter , under certain conditions , both the constitution of the interior of the earth and the amount of its attraction , are relations which stand in a more manifest ...
... compared with the volume determines its density , and by means of the latter , under certain conditions , both the constitution of the interior of the earth and the amount of its attraction , are relations which stand in a more manifest ...
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... comparing his obser- vations with analytical results , not only be enabled to determine with exactness the size and degree of ellipticity of the earth , but also its distance from the sun and moon - results that otherwise could only be ...
... comparing his obser- vations with analytical results , not only be enabled to determine with exactness the size and degree of ellipticity of the earth , but also its distance from the sun and moon - results that otherwise could only be ...
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... compared with those of Sabine , certainly give for the compression of the whole northern quadrant , but when separated into two halves , they yield a still more varying result , giving from the equator to 45 ° , and from 45 ° to the ...
... compared with those of Sabine , certainly give for the compression of the whole northern quadrant , but when separated into two halves , they yield a still more varying result , giving from the equator to 45 ° , and from 45 ° to the ...
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... compared ( Cleom . Cycl . Theor . i , 8 , p . 51 ) with a flat or centrally depressed disc , a cylinder ( Anaximander ) , a cube or pyramid , and lastly we find it generally held to be a sphere not- withstanding the long contest of the ...
... compared ( Cleom . Cycl . Theor . i , 8 , p . 51 ) with a flat or centrally depressed disc , a cylinder ( Anaximander ) , a cube or pyramid , and lastly we find it generally held to be a sphere not- withstanding the long contest of the ...
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... compared with the visible in- equalities of the earth's surface appears so very inconsiderable , that I am often surprised to find that the experiments coincide within such closely approximating limits . Individual observations ...
... compared with the visible in- equalities of the earth's surface appears so very inconsiderable , that I am often surprised to find that the experiments coincide within such closely approximating limits . Individual observations ...
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